IUPAC - year (Y06723) (original) (raw)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.Y06723

Non-SI unit of time, \(\rm{a}=31\ 556\ 952\ \rm{s}\). The year is not commensurable with the day and not a constant. The value given corresponds to the Gregorian calendar year (\(\rm{a}=365.2425\ \rm{d}\)).

Source:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 111 [Terms] [Book]

Citation: 'year' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.Y06723 RIS BibTex EndNote